Paul, did I ever thank you for your helpful information? If not, a big (belated) Thank You! Jo Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <txhunt-request@rootsweb.com> To: <txhunt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:04 AM Subject: TXHUNT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 95 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: TXHUNT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 94 (Paul R Dafft) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:49:41 -0500 > From: Paul R Dafft <pdafft@juno.com> > Subject: Re: [TXHUNT] TXHUNT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 94 > To: txhunt@rootsweb.com > Cc: txhunt@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20070721.064941.2920.2.pdafft@juno.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The State of Texas had 2 laws requiring registration of births and deaths > prior to the one in 1903. There was one in 1875 and there is a two > volumn set of books which includes the very few Counties who chose to > participate. Most chose not to participate, but Fannin County did. > Maybe Hunt Co did also. Check with your local Library as this is where I > saw these two books. They are very small books & easily overlooked. > These books may also include the 2nd registration law, but it's been too > long since I looked at them for me to remember. Most Counties (& > Doctors) chose to ignore the laws because the State did not provide any > money for the recordings. Paul Dafft > > On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:03:22 -0600 txhunt-request@rootsweb.com writes: >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Birth and death certificates (Jo Ann Whitworth) >> 2. Re: Birth and death certificates (James Cates) >> 3. Re: Birth and death certificates (Shirley Cullum) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:05:55 -0500 >> From: "Jo Ann Whitworth" <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net> >> Subject: [TXHUNT] Birth and death certificates >> To: <txhunt@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <000201c7cac7$facefbc0$d5be08cc@ownerw73t0mgcm> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" >> >> Hello, List. Can someone tell me how far back birth or death >> certificates can be ordered for different countries in Texas? I am >> trying to find one in Freestone county that goes back to 1881 or >> earlier. >> Thanks, >> Jo Ann >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:33:09 -0700 (PDT) >> From: James Cates <jdsetac@yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [TXHUNT] Birth and death certificates >> To: Jo Ann Whitworth <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net>, >> txhunt@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <485682.39861.qm@web90502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Youd be better off contacting the county itself, unless of course >> that county was combined with another. In that case, youd need to >> contact the county who it was absorbed into. >> >> Jo Ann Whitworth <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net> wrote: Hello, List. Can >> someone tell me how far back birth or death certificates can be >> ordered for different countries in Texas? I am trying to find one in >> Freestone county that goes back to 1881 or earlier. >> Thanks, >> Jo Ann >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------- >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:43:34 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net> >> Subject: Re: [TXHUNT] Birth and death certificates >> To: Jo Ann Whitworth <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net>, >> txhunt@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <103961.90289.qm@web81013.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Hi Jo Ann, >> Birth certificates weren't required until 1903 so that is the >> earliest year the state has records for. >> >> However, birth records were kept in family Bibles and other such >> family record books. The individual TXGenWeb counties sometimes have >> some early birth information so check out the Freestone County >> website http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfreest >> >> Shirley >> >> >> >> >> Jo Ann Whitworth wrote: >> >> Hello, List. Can someone tell me how far back birth or death >> certificates can be ordered for different countries in Texas? I am >> trying to find one in Freestone county that goes back to 1881 or >> earlier. >> Thanks, >> Jo Ann >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the TXHUNT list administrator, send an email to >> TXHUNT-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the TXHUNT mailing list, send an email to >> TXHUNT@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXHUNT-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of TXHUNT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 94 >> ************************************* >> >> > > > Paul R. 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